Starbucks interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 18%In PersonIn Person
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 0%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
11,511 interviews
Starbucks interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Starbucks as 73.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Marketing and Server/Waiter rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Vendeuse roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Starbucks takes an average of 7 days when considering 45 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Shift Supervisor had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Barrista, Server, Hostess, and Cook roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Starbucks according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Phone interview: 16%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Barista(44832) ;
- Shift Supervisor(9765) ;
- Cashier/Barista(4299) ;
- Store Manager(3087) ;
- Supervisor(1115) ;
- Barista, Shift Supervisor(956) ;
- Barista Trainer(841) ;
- Starbucks-Barista(735) ;
- Manager(652) ;
- Shift Manager(585) ;
- Cashier(458) ;
- Assistant Manager(373) ;
- Partner(331) ;
- Assistant Store Manager(323) ;
- Shift Lead(288) .
